Surgical vs nonoperative treatment for lumbar disk herniation: the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT): a randomized trial.

By J. Weinstein, Tor D. Tosteson, J. Lurie, A. Tosteson, B. Hanscom, J. Skinner, W. Abdu, A. Hilibrand, S. Boden, R. Deyo. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2006

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Subfields: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Surgery

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In Pathology and Forensic Medicine

1. Douglas G. Altman
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• Interventional Therapies, Surgery, and Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation for Low Back Pain: An Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline From the American Pain Society (2009, background): “In addition, patients tend to improve substantially either with or without discectomy, and continued nonsurgical therapy in patients who have had symptoms for at least 6 weeks does not appear to increase risk for cauda equina syndrome or paralysis.(108) Serious complications following discectomy are”
• Extending the CONSORT statement to randomized trials of nonpharmacologic treatment: explanation and elaboration. (2008, result): “One limitation is the potential lack of representativeness of patients agreeing to be randomized to surgery or nonoperative care; however, the characteristics of patients agreeing to participate in SPORT [Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial] were very similar to those in other studies (38).”